Partition of bengal

A simple piece of coloured thread, decorated with love and a promise to care and support one another, is what rakhi has always meant to me. It has never

From the opium trade routes of the 1900s to CND’s operations in the 1980s, maps reveal the political leylines of history – except when it comes to the holiday islands of San Serriffe, as a new British Library book reveals

The creation of India and Pakistan in 1947 led to horrific sectarian violence and made millions refugees overnight. Seventy years on, five survivors remember

INDIA: Partition of West Bengal, a major event in the History of India, which impacted culture, dynamics and of course, even the architectural styles since that time period.

Map showing the result of the partition of Bengal in 1905. The western part (Bengal) gained parts of Orissa, the eastern part (Eastern Bengal and Assam) regained Assam that had been made a separate province in 1874

#YourviewsYournews #notjustaclub Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. #Notjustaclub #Yourviewsyournews #todayinhistory #history #onthisday #historyfacts #worldwar #historic #historynerd #thisdayinhistory #historical

3.2. 1905 Partition of Bengala: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905) http://bengalpartition.tripod.com/

In West Bengal’s capital city, suppressing the painful history of the 1947 Partition allows for the celebration of moments of endurance and success.

The devastating Bengal Famine of 1943 had multiple causes but was made worse by cruel reactions from the British Government and Winston Churchill.